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BENNETT v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Nos. 13-15442, 13-16100.

799 F.3d 1281 (2015)

Michael BENNETT; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant, v. Visa Inc.; Franklin Resources, Inc., Defendants-third-party-plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Greenberg and Acosta Judgement Creditors, Plaintiff-third-party-defendant-Appellee, Heiser Judgment Creditors, Plaintiff-fourth-party-defendant-Appellee, v. Bank Melli, Plaintiff-third-party-defendant-Appellant. Michael Bennett; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, Defendant, v. Visa Inc.; Franklin Resources, Inc., Defendants-third-party-plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Greenberg and Acosta Judgement Creditors, Plaintiff-third-party-defendant-Appellee, Heiser Judgment Creditors, Plaintiff-fourth-party-defendant-Appellee, v. Bank Melli, Plaintiff-third-party-defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Lamken , Robert K. Kry (argued), Lucas M. Walker , MoloLamken LLP, Washington D.C., for Appellant.

Curtis C. Mechling (argued) of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York, and Dale K. Cathell of DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, and Jane Carol Norman of Bond & Norman, Washington, D.C., for Judgment Creditor Appellees.

Benjamin T. Peele, III (argued) of Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, D.C., and Bruce H. Jackson of Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Francisco, CA for Appellees Visa, Inc. and Franklin Resources, Inc.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges, and DEE V. BENSON, Senior District Judge.

OPINION

Congress has enacted two statutes to help victims of terrorism collect on money judgments against the foreign states responsible for sponsoring the attacks. We consider whether victims can collect from an instrumentality of a state that has sponsored terrorism when the instrumentality is a separate juridical...

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